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Steve Bannon

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Donald Trump

Why the Political Grift Won't Stop

What unites Donald Trump, Black Lives Matter, Steve Bannon, and the Lincoln Project? They all got stupid rich by you being big mad.

Matt Welch | 9.24.2022 3:00 PM

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Executive Power

Trump and Steve Bannon Waive Executive Privilege they do not Have

The "waiver" opens the door for Bannon to testify before the congressional January 6 Committee. But former presidents are not entitled to executive privilege, and especially not when it comes to testimony by private citizens.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.10.2022 5:48 PM

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Reason Roundup

Lil Wayne, Steve Bannon, and Some Drug War Victims Pardoned, but No Assange, Snowden, or Ulbricht

Plus: Pelosi wants 9/11-style commission to investigate Capitol attack, MyPillow drama, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.20.2021 9:52 AM

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Conspiracy Theories

Cambridge Analytica, the Election Interference Operation That Wasn't

It wasn’t a plot to undermine democracy. It wasn’t a Russian intelligence operation. It was a low-tech scam.

Peter Suderman | 11.3.2020 11:39 AM

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Election 2020

Meet Brock Pierce, the Drug-Legalizing Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur on the Presidential Ballot in 16 States

"I obviously identify with and resonate with and connect with my libertarian brothers and sisters on so many levels," says the controversial former child actor.

Matt Welch | 11.1.2020 5:03 PM

book1 | Dey St.

Steve Bannon

The Nationalism-ists

The members of Steve Bannon's international circle share an outlandish spiritual-historic vision, but their threat to liberty is more mundane.

Brian Doherty | 11.1.2020 6:00 AM

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Steve Bannon

Wall Funding Scandal Exposes Steve Bannon's False Populism

Bannon, who says he stands for the little guy, was just charged with stealing over $1 million from donors who thought they were helping to build a border wall.

Billy Binion | 8.21.2020 5:00 PM

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Documentary

Errol Morris Is Fascinated by and Terrified of Steve Bannon

The decorated filmmaker didn't expect the dramatic reaction to his "toxic" documentary about Trump's former aide-de-camp.

Nick Gillespie | 2.16.2020 6:00 AM

Morris_Main_2 | Paul Detrick

Donald Trump

Oscar-Winner Errol Morris on American Dharma, Steve Bannon, and Cancel Culture

"They wanted to deplatform me," says the legendary filmmaker, for the mortal sin of engaging former Trump adviser and Breitbart.com head.

Nick Gillespie | 11.13.2019 6:00 PM

Morris_Main_1 | Paul Detrick

Steve Bannon

Errol Morris on Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, Theranos, and Cancel Culture

Outrage mobs kept his new movie "American Dharma" out of theaters for a year.

Nick Gillespie | 11.8.2019 12:21 PM

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Immigration

Steve Bannon's 'Economic Nationalism' vs. Libertarian Globalism Is the Battleground of 21st Century Politics

The Brink, a documentary about the former Trump adviser, delivers an interesting insight.

Nick Gillespie | 4.12.2019 1:50 PM

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Steve Bannon

New Yorker Caves to Outrage, Disinvites Steve Bannon. Big Mistake.

Editor David Remnick wanted to scrutinize Trump-era populism, but his liberal peers won't let him.

Robby Soave | 9.4.2018 7:30 AM

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Donald Trump

Koch Bros. Should 'Shut Up and Get With [Trump's] Program,' Says Steve Bannon

Dismissed advisor attacks billionaire libertarians for pushing free trade and immigration. President calls them "total joke."

Nick Gillespie | 7.31.2018 10:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Max Herman/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Steve Bannon

University of Chicago Students, Faculty Protest Immigrant Professor's Invitation to Debate Steve Bannon

"Bannon's immediate presence is dangerous because of his association with violent alt-right supporters."

Robby Soave | 2.9.2018 9:13 AM

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Roy Moore

What Roy Moore's Near-Miss Tells us About America's Great Media Divide

As partisan skepticism degenerates into media illiteracy, in-house media criticism devolves into pompous wagon-circling.

Matt Welch | 12.13.2017 11:01 AM

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Globalization

Libertarian Globalism Versus Economic Nationalism

What Donald Trump and his posse of economic nationalists get wrong.

Ronald Bailey | 10.5.2017 9:30 AM

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Jeff Flake

Why Trump Hates Jeff Flake [Podcast]

Reason editors discuss the president's attack on the Arizona senator, Steve Bannon's exit, and what's next in Afghanistan.

Andrew Heaton and Ian Keyser | 8.21.2017 4:45 PM

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Donald Trump

The Apocalyptic Faithlessness of Trump/Bannon Conservatism

What does it mean when a president is constantly worried that we 'won't have a country' anymore?

Matt Welch | 8.10.2017 8:15 AM

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Steve Bannon

Must We Take Sides in the 'Escalating Feud' Between Bannon and Kushner?

Choosing between the factions within the Trump administration is as much fun as choosing between Trump and Clinton.

Jacob Sullum | 4.7.2017 11:30 AM

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Donald Trump

Steve Bannon Hates Libertarians Because *We're* Not Living in the Real World?

"Economic nationalist" Trump adviser blasts people foolish enough to believe in "Free Minds and Free Markets."

Nick Gillespie | 3.27.2017 5:25 PM

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Donald Trump

Steve Bannon vs. the Tea Party Libertarians [Reason podcast]

Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch talk Trump, Ryan, gender-neutral pronouns, DJ Khaled, and more.

Nick Gillespie | 3.27.2017 9:41 AM

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